[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] [Beginners' Corner] solder formulas

[Ken Weston]

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>    Frank, you make a good case  relative to  the cost effectiveness of
>    making  one's own solder...

    Dear Alma, All these arguments have merit. I've been in this field for
    thirty years now. Along the journey, there was a period of about ten
    years, during which I felt that to be a more "pure" craftsman, I would
    be more intimately in touch with my medium if I was in charge of ALL
    it's transformations from raw material to finished work. I researched
    every source of information I could find on the subject (There is much
    more readily available information these days than back then). I
    experimented. Most of the time I got a workable product. After a while
    I began to be able to manipulate the results with some confidence. I
    learned A LOT from the experience of alloying my own metals and
    preparing my own solder. You will not regret the time spent on this
    kind of learning. Gold and silver are not totally lost in failed
    alloys. You can always refine it again. Go forth and discover. 

   Ken Weston 

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